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The 2025 Manufacturers

Top Performers in 7 Tests

  • Thermal Cycling
  • Damp Heat
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • PAN Performance
  • Thermal Cycling
  • Damp Heat
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • PAN Performance
  • Thermal Cycling
  • Damp Heat
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • PAN Performance
  • Thermal Cycling
  • Damp Heat
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • PAN Performance
  • Thermal Cycling
  • Damp Heat
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • PAN Performance
  • Thermal Cycling
  • Damp Heat
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • PAN Performance
  • Thermal Cycling
  • Damp Heat
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • PAN Performance
  • Thermal Cycling
  • Damp Heat
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • PAN Performance
  • Thermal Cycling
  • Damp Heat
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • PAN Performance

Top Performers in 6 Tests

  • Thermal Cycling
  • Damp Heat
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • Thermal Cycling
  • Damp Heat
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • Thermal Cycling
  • Damp Heat
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • Thermal Cycling
  • Damp Heat
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • Thermal Cycling
  • Damp Heat
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • Thermal Cycling
  • Damp Heat
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • Thermal Cycling
  • Damp Heat
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • PAN Performance
  • Thermal Cycling
  • Damp Heat
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID

Top Performers in 5 Tests

  • Thermal Cycling
  • Damp Heat
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • PAN Performance
  • Thermal Cycling
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • PAN Performance
  • Thermal Cycling
  • Damp Heat
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • Damp Heat
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • PAN Performance
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • PAN Performance
  • Thermal Cycling
  • Damp Heat
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • Thermal Cycling
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • PAN Performance
  • Thermal Cycling
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • PAN Performance
  • Thermal Cycling
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID

Top Performers in 4 Tests

  • Thermal Cycling
  • Damp Heat
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • LID+LETID
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • PAN Performance
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • Thermal Cycling
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • PAN Performance
  • Thermal Cycling
  • Damp Heat
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • LID+LETID
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • PAN Performance
  • Damp Heat
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • LID+LETID
  • Thermal Cycling
  • Damp Heat
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence

Top Performers in 3 or Less Tests

  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • Thermal Cycling
  • LID+LETID
  • PAN Performance
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • LID+LETID
  • Damp Heat
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence
  • LID+LETID
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • Thermal Cycling
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • PID
  • LID+LETID
  • Thermal Cycling
  • Damp Heat
  • LID+LETID
  • PID
  • PAN Performance
  • Mechanical Stress Sequence
  • Hail Stress Sequence

Historical Scorecard

The table below shows the history of top performance for all manufacturers featured in the 2025 Scorecard. Manufacturers are listed by the number of years they have been designated a Top Performer, in alphabetical order. The table also includes the factory locations that the manufacturer used for their Top Performer BOMs included in the 2025 Scorecard.

MANUFACTURER 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2014 Factory City and Country for 2025 Top Performer BOMs
Haining, China; Shangrao, China
Changzhou, China
Hefei, China
Jincheon-Gun, South Korea; Dalton, USA
Haining, China
Singapore, Singapore
Mundra, India
Xi'an, China
YiXing, China
Nanjing, China; Zhangjiagang, China
Kolkata, India
Hefei, China
Nangtong, China
Burlington, USA
Ninghe, China
Batam, Indonesia
Fuyang, China
Lianyungang, China; Suqian, China
Ponhea Lueu, Cambodia; Jiaxing, China; Ningbo, China; Batam, Indonesia
Eumseong-gun, South Korea
Mountain Iron, USA
Ningbo, China
Changshu, China
Yen Phong, Vietnam
Changshu, China; Mesquite, USA
Taizhou, China
Yancheng, China
Chikhli, India
Yiwu, China
Bangalore, India
Hefei, China; Xuancheng, China
Rangareddy, India
Hongze, China
Yangzhou, China
Changshu, China
San Antonio, USA
Batam, Indonesia
Dholera, India; Jaipur, India
Nantong, China
Yancheng, China
Tirunelveli, India
Lu'an, China; Chuzhou, China; Wuxi, China
Chengdu, China
Hefei, China
Tangshan, China
Haian, China
Ankara, Turkey
Karanj, India
Hyderabad, India
Jinhua, China

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